Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-02


dian feoins bad consignment OF a0ur
and leatheg on the steameF Mexico 70
day from FancouveT, 10 Be shippea 10 I
Hsngkong by tbs Parthia. Ascent
SleEn says that it IL the initial ship
meat from this city, bas be expects if 10 s
Be followed bv 9 number Of etherA
Dunss Repart.
NRg YcRK, June S0.--R. g. Dams r.
pors for the 6rst half Of the year 1887 (
shows that shs failares in the United
States are 1912 In namber. against Bi66
tor the same period In the previous
year, shouing decrease Of 2t4. Liza
6tlities show slight increase. For the
last half of the year the liabilities vers
| Sa6,lSS.Ql0 aeSinst SO. .4St 600 for the /.
hrst half OF 1886. Failures IN Canada
during the FIRST half Of 1887 we're S3l In ,
number, against 6<9 daring the same
period Of last year. The amount OF
liabilities for the FIRST half OF 1881 is
tl069S. .l50, against e6,50l .697 for the I
corresponding period Of 1856.
Family sanseaied.
HAVANA, June 30-A voskingman in !,
HolQuin, as q precaation against small ,
pox, built coal Ere before retiring for ,
the night and placed thereon sew
eFal leaves ef tobacco. the flames from
| which, be had been told, furnished
safeguard against The disease. The
next morning the man, his wife and 8
eight children were dead-suhocstea by
the esal gas.
Americas shipping League. Y
CMoA0o, June 3O.-The Lake Shore .
and Mississippi Valley Department Of i
| the American Shipping and Industrial Y
| League assembled in q convention here
today. Nothing of importance was 10
oomplished beyond the appointment Of N
commissioners aud the delivering OF :
several addresses. Two hundred aoeFed- 4
| ted delegates we're represented al \
todays session OF the league.
Mr.. VIM. Bales, Of Buffalo, N. Y, read },
an enthusiastic paper on the American =
marine and the question Of its existence. 4
Congressman Adams and Dunham also n
spoke. sI
Aerial NaVlgatien Solved. a
WASHINGTON, June 30.-A circular has h
been received ct the Navy Department
from ChieAQo man announcing that
be has solved the problem OF aerial nav. .,
igation, and 10 about 10 build a great 4,
cir ship which will start on January
ist on Q New Years voyage TO
the North Pole. He estimates thai q
months time will suffice for the voyage q
allowing ten days OF two weeks for sol fe
entitie observations. The phenomenal -
ship will carry 200 persons and travel OF
at q speed OF seventy miles an,
hour. The inventor undertakes 10 carry
with him Representatives Of the press "a
and scientists. The essential feature OF Je
the discovery consists Of q great eyiin- in
der built Of thin plates Of tteei 10 which au
. passenger car is attached. For the an
ascending force, instead Of gas, q par ID
tial vacuum is used and eight exhaust mI
ing screw propellers moved by electric
secondary batteries propel the craft.
State Monopoly Abolished. 4.
Pans, July 1.-The government pre- h.
seated In the Chamber Of Deputies q ne
bill to abolish the state monopoly Of the
manufacture and sale OF gunp0EdeF.
Subscriptions for the loan. =.
BERLIN, July 1.-SabsoFiptioRs for the jSl
first 10000 600 marks Of the new imperi- az
al loan will be opened on July 3, At all fe
the great banks Of the empire.
GloFlOsa-
COLOGNE, Jaly 1.-The Archbishop of Va
Cremeatz yesterday ohristened the em- m
peroF bell IN toe cathedral, giving IL the 70
name Of ''Gloriosa."
Insane Asylum InvestiGatioa.
NKw oRE. July 1.-The investigation th
at Wards IslSnd Insane Asylum was 81
continued teday. Several witnesses and dr
one eX-attendant testihedsto instances te
OF extreme brutality on the part Of the
attendants, and some clses Of neglect
by the Medical Superintendent. One
witness said that In the ward where the sh
boys we're confined their morals we're oil
continually being contaminated by th
dlthy expressions ON the part Of the sn
men. Another witness said that pa &c
tients would not tell Of brutality on 40 be
count Of the threats Of worse treat a.
ment. az
France Protests Against Italy. vi
PANS, July 1.-FFancs has protested
against the conduct Of Italy 10 minim-
izing French rights Ia Belah, on the -,
Red Sea, near the Abyssiuian frontier. al
Comnd OF PaFis. fr
LONDON, July The Count Of Paris ex
arrived on the Iale Of Jersey today. He 1l
was met at 81. Heir capitol By q large %
crowd, many Of whom Welcomed him VI
with cries Of "Vive La Roi." q
Treasurer,s Statement. =. ~
WASHINGTON. July The statement :,
issaed by the United States Treasurer -
today shows the present Indebtedness
Of the District Of Columbia 10 be s30,- "
Ssl 900, a net reduetion OF 81 ,225. 900 VI
during the year ending July lst. The o.
total receipts for June we're e33 OH 600, q
and the total receipts for the isoal year n
ended yesterday we're e37l, ,38l ,000 Re
ceipts from customs were Szl8 tO4 900;
from Internal Revenue, $ll9, ,l36 900; N
miscellaneous. ga. $4,000. y
small Dividend Declared. 10
EEw YoRK, July LAT the annual q
meeting Of the American Cotton Seed q
Oil Trust today Il vas voted 10 pay ii
quarterly dividends of per cent. The d
declaration Of this small diVidend ii
caused drop OF per cent. in the stock. L
EIFe In . steamer. a.
LONDON. Jaly Fire vas discovered -
on Jane 18th il the cargo Of the North n
German LloVd steamer Ralda, al BEe =
men from New York. The discovery =,
was made after the vessel bad left 4
Southampton. Il required II hours ~
hard work TO quench the flames 4
and il vas found necessary 10 d
isttison % chests Of tobacco and 20 -
bales Of cotton from bstveen decks.
The rest Of the cargo in compartments
vas not damaged by the hre.
Embesz'er Arrested. !.
DKxyEA, July 1.-AlIen Palmer, alias :, =
Fred FFicker. vas arrested here by de- =,
teotiysa on q chsrRe Of embezzlsment. x
Palmer vas q clerk Of J. T. Francis, 9 M
real estate dealer Of PiitebuFR, Pa, and ~
ID is alleged that about six weeks ags, -
wheR sent 70 the bank 10 deposit $500. M
be took the money and Jeff for the h
West. when arrested be had 500 90 NJ
bis person %
Net Mamlifsn Fish. b
NKw YokK, July by teleRraphie tis
error yesterday the death OF MFs Ham, %
Ilt0n Fish vas made 70 read Mr.. Hamil- e
ton Fish.
surrenaeFed ~ . Bendsmaa.
CuC1ExATI, July lanai BalduiD, d,
shs Iate cashier Of the Fidelity National ~. %
Bank, vas surrendered By one Of bis ~.
bopdsnsn today. bot By good fortune 81
aneshsF surety was scared and BaldWin ~
did nos 90 70 jail. -
peash 81 q BashsD.
XEIA (Ohio). Jsly Bishop James